17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

 
Lot 5
 

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Scudery (Georges) Curia politiae

Scudery (Georges) Curia Politiae: or, The Apologies of several Princes: justifying to the World their most eminent actions, by the strength of reason, and the most exact rules of policie, Written in French by the accurate pen of Monsieur de Scudery, Governor of Notre-Dame and now faithfully render’d into English, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1654, 4to, frontispiece and 11 portrait plates, contemporary gilt tooled calf, marbled endpapers

Provenance:

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

THE OMBERSLEY COURT LIBRARY

Chorley’s Auctioneers is to offer The Ombersley Court Library collected by the English aristocratic family of Sandys across five centuries.

Proceeds of the sale will will be donated to the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (Charity 1127871).

Hartlebury Castle is a historic Worcestershire estate first given to Bishop Aelhun in 855AD. Home of the Bishops of Worcester until 2007. it has a longstanding connection with the Sandys family throughout its history.

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Sold for £400


 

Scudery (Georges) Curia Politiae: or, The Apologies of several Princes: justifying to the World their most eminent actions, by the strength of reason, and the most exact rules of policie, Written in French by the accurate pen of Monsieur de Scudery, Governor of Notre-Dame and now faithfully render’d into English, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1654, 4to, frontispiece and 11 portrait plates, contemporary gilt tooled calf, marbled endpapers

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire


THE OMBERSLEY COURT LIBRARY

Chorley’s Auctioneers is to offer The Ombersley Court Library collected by the English aristocratic family of Sandys across five centuries.

Proceeds of the sale will will be donated to the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (Charity 1127871).

Hartlebury Castle is a historic Worcestershire estate first given to Bishop Aelhun in 855AD. Home of the Bishops of Worcester until 2007. it has a longstanding connection with the Sandys family throughout its history.

READ THE STORY

cover with some scuffs and rubbed finish, marbled pastedowns but endpapers torn out, annotations to endpapers, pages toned and foxing to frontispiece and title page, plates as described but pages not collated, page 169 with corner uncut and folded.

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Auction: The September Auctions 2024, 17th Sep, 2024

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